Emily L BPS

 Jordan asked me ‘what do dietitians do?’ Well, here’s my answer: Dietitians basically help people to keep healthily by keeping fit and active plus eating a healthy diet. This means that they help people plan out healthy meals for themselves and their family, they help people to control their weight plus other things necessary such as not putting so much sugar into their diet and exercising regularly. A dietitian who specializes in coeliac disease is a different story all together. A dietitian who specializes in coeliac disease helps people have a better understanding of the gluten free diet (wheat, rye, barley and oat free).

They also help their clients with what products are gluten free and what foods/drinks are not. One of the most important things that they do is help people to read and understand the labeling on a can or packet. This is a really important task as it is so easy to think that you’ve found something gluten free to eat but actually, you don’t know one of the terms for gluten and you eat it and then you’re sick. Dietitians that specialize in coeliac disease usually have a great understanding about coeliac disease and they can nearly always answer any of your questions that are troubling you. I hope that this post answers your question, Jordan!              

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